Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 287, Benjamin Eastman, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Eastman, Benjamin Anna
N. 287
DLH 24914-160-55
CONTENTS

New Hampshire Benjamin Eastman
of ... in the State of ... who was a ... in the Company commanded by Captain ... at the ... commanded by ... in the ... line for ...
Inscribed on the Roll of ... at the rate of 20 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of ... 1832 and ... George ...
  Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $ 1> $ 39.00   Semi-annual allowance ending 3 33   $ 42.33 
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by ... Clerk. Book ... Vol. ... Page 52.

1969 New Hampshire, Dits Anna Eastman widow of Benjamin Eastman who served in the Revolutionary Colo Nixon Mass war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1841
3 rd February 1833 Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Sept r 1833 and sent to
M c H. Miller Winstow Rockingham N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 20, 1841 Page 15 Vol. A
Filed 3 rd 1833
1832
19 1562644 leg 3 m 58

Cr. Claimant, Feb 21/55.
136264) Act Mar 3 May 16th/55
Anna Eastman, wid of Benjamin Eastman Rev
Capt. W. A. S. S. Col.
St. H. M. H.
Revolutionary War.
Wid. has been pensioned 110:11000. May 11/52
110:11000. May 11/52
(Large decorative flourish or signature)
Vol. E. 3. —
Anna Eastman Haverstown N. H.

I Mark Emerson of Epsom, of lawful age, do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Mr. Benjamin Eastman now of Kingston in the time of the Revolution War. The said Benjamin Eastman enlisted into a Company of Infantry, for eight months, some time in the last of April A. D. 1775. Said Company was commanded by Capt. Moses Blackfarland, and marched to Cambridge in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. John Vickson. The said Benjamin Eastman performed eight months service in said Company at said Cambridge and at Winter Hill in said Commonwealth and I performed eight months service in the said Company as a fifer with the said Benjamin Eastman.
Mark Emerson.
State of New Hampshire } July 7, 1832 Rockingham ss. }
Personally appeared the above named Mark Emerson and made solemn oath that the above Affidavit by him signed is true, before me,
Isaac Webster, Justice of the Peace, Rockingham ss. July 7, 1832.
I hereto subscribe

I Mark Emerson of Epsom, of lawful age, do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Mr. Benjamin Eastman now of Hingston in the time of the Revolution War. The said Benjamin Eastman enlisted into a Company of Infantry, for eight months, some time in the last of April A. D. 1775. Said Company was commanded by Capt. Moses Mackfarland, and marched to Cambridge in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. John Nickson. The said Benjamin Eastman performed eight months service in said Company at said Cambridge and at Winter Hill in said Commonwealth and I performed eight months service in the said Company as a fifer with the said Benjamin Eastman.
Mark Emerson.
State of New Hampshire } July 7, 1832 Rockingham ss. }
Personally appeared the above named Mark Emerson and made solemn oath that the above Affidavit by him signed is true, before me,
Isaac Webster, Justice of the Peace, Rockingham ss. July 7, 1832.
I hereby certify that the reputation of the said Mark Emerson, who signed the above Affidavit, is good for truth and veracity.
Isaac Webster, Justice of the Peace,

I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby cer- tify that Isaac Webster is a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Rockingham and that I believe that the signatures to the within certificate are in his own hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this eleventh day of August Anno Domini 1832
P Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

George Cashman Kingsland
No 1439.
Notice to be sent to Benjamin Gung Esqr Pleasants UK

State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham ss. On this 14th day of August, 1832 personally appeared before me Samuel Green an official Justice of the Superior Court of Indictments in Springfield State Benjamin Eastman a resident in Kingston in said County aged eighty years who being first sworn according to law, doth hereby make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Acts of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That sometime in the month of April 1775, he enlisted into a company of Infantry at Haverhill Massachusetts, to serve in the Revolutionary War for the term of eight months. Moses M c Farland of said Haverhill was his Captain, David Bradley of the same place the Lieutenant. Jacob Quimby of Hampstead, New Hampshire, the Ensign. That the first of May following his enlistment, he received orders to march, went to Haverhill, at the head of said Company. Bradley was appointed Captain in his place. On the second day of the same May, he marched with the rest of the Company for Cambridge Mass s & stopped the first night at Brattle Tavern in Andover Mass s . The next morning marched to Woburn meeting house, where they were detained until the next day in consequence of a Court Martial at that place, in which one of the Officers of the company was called upon to sit. The next day marched to Cambridge Mass s , quartered in a barn near the College, which was said to be owned by a Tory named Phillips who had fled. After arriving at Cambridge the Company was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col l John Nixon & Thomas Nixon was Lieut l Col l . The adjutant's name was Holden. Quarters in said barn until after the battle of Bunker's Hill, when the company went to Charlestown Mass s & quarters for a short time in a house owned by a Mr. Melcher. Said M c Farland their Capt a was severely wounded in his shoulder in the battle of Bunker's Hill. The Company then went to Winter Hill & were stationed at that place until his term of service expired, at the end of which he was regularly dismissed, but received no written discharge. That Jacob Quimby of Hampstead & Mark Emerson of Epsom both in said New Hampshire State, were in the same Company & Regiment with him during said service.
Benj a Eastman
Witness John Kelly
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above named Before me Sam l Green Apts l Justice
I Jacob Quimby of Hampstead State of New Hampshire declare, that I was in the same Company & Regiment with the said Benjamin Eastman during the term of service mentioned in his declaration, & know that he served the time in the manner therein stated.
Witness John Kelly
Jacob Quimby
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above named Before me Sam l Green Apts l Justice
and

And the said Benjamin Eastman the Applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present. He declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Witness John Miller
Benj a Eastman
I the said Sam l Green Afs r Jos h do hereby declare it as my opinion that the within Applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as stated in his declaration & that he is unable from infirmity to attend any of the courts of record in the County in which he resides.
Sam l Green
August 6. 1832
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Samuel Green before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature for the said State and that his name to the foregoing certificates is his genuine signature; and that the foregoing are the original proceedings, had before the said justice, in the matter of the application of Benjamin Eastman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this eleventh day of August Anno. Domini 1832.
P. Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of February 3, 1853
State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham ss
On this thirteenth day of April eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the court of Probate a court of record in said State and county Anna Eastman a resident of Kingston, in the county of Rockingham aforesaid and State aforesaid, aged seventy years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the third of February, 1853, granting pension to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Benjamin Eastman, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and a pensioner under a previous act of Congress at twenty-four dollars a year, that her husband, the said Benjamin Eastman resided at Plaistow in said State and drew his pension at the Agency at Portsmouth, in the county and State aforesaid,
She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Eastman on the twenty-fifth day of March eighteen hundred and thirty-two that her said husband died at said Plaistow on the sixth day of February eighteen hundred and thirty-seven that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow.
Witness W.H. Hiew, Stephen Badger { Anna his Eastman Sworn to and subscribed on the day and mark

Eastman resided at Plaistow in said State and drew his pension at the Agency at Portsmouth, in the County and State aforesaid,
She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Eastman on the twenty-fifth day of March eighteen hundred and thirty-two that her said husband died at said Plaistow on the sixth day of February eighteen hundred and thirty-seven that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now
a widow. Witness W.H. Hild, Stephen Badger. { Anna his  X Eastman mark. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me in open court being a court of Records.
Isaac St. Clair Judge of Probate
State of New Hampshire - Rockingham ss. I, William B. Morrill, Register of the court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that Isaac St. Clair is the Judge of said court, that his signature to the above certificate is his own proper signature and genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said court, at Exeter the 13th day of April, A.D. 1853.
William B. Morrill Register

State of New Hampshire, County of Rockingham. Town of Plaistow March twenty fifth eighteen hundred and thirty two, Mr Benjamin Eastman to Miss Anna Kelly both of Plaistow.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows: "March 25, 1832"
A true copy of the Record John C. Dyer Attest: Town Clerk
I, John E. Bly above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of town clerk in the town county, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of the marriages of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me John C. Dyer
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this tenth day of April  March A.D. 1855. and I certify that I have no interest in this case
M c Andrew justice of the Peace

Anne Eastman
B. 264.

APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ss.
County of Rockingham
On this eleventh day of May A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Anna Eastman aged seventy three years, a resident of Pierstown in the State of New Hampshire who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the Widow of Benjamin Eastman who was a private in the company commanded by Captain War of the Revolution in a campaign in the Regiment of militia commanded by (name not known) in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812, that he was drafted and enlisted at Holston in the State of New Hampshire on or about the date not day of November, 1812, and continued in actual service in said war for the term of eight months days and was honorably discharged at place and on or about the date not day of November, A. D. 1813, as will appear by the muster rolls of said company; that he received no certificate of discharge. That she has made application for bounty land under the act of September 28th, 1850, and received a land warrant No. for acres, which she has since legally disposed of and cannot now return.
That she was married to the said Benjamin Eastman in Pierstown State of New Hampshire on the 24th day of March A. D. 1832 by one Samuel Peabody a clergyman and that her name before her marriage was Anna Kelly that her said husband died at Pierstown in the State of New Hampshire on the sixth day of February, 1837 and that she is still a widow; in proof of which she refers to evidence filed at the Pension Office, on her former application. That she knows of no public or private record of her said marriage.
And she requests you to deliver the warrant to which she may be entitled to William H. Hills, Esq., of Plaistow, N. H., who is hereby authorized to apply for and received the same. She further says that she has been inscribed on the pension list at the rate of $10.00 per annum and that her entitlement is dated Sept. 16, 1853.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved the 31 day of March, 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for nor received, under this or any other act of Congress any bounty land warrant except the one above mentioned.
(Signature of claimant)
Anna Eastman
We John H. Barker and Caroline Pillsbury residents of Pierstown in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Anna Eastman in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Two witnesses :
(Signatures
of witnesses.)
John H. Barker Caroline Pillsbury
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
W. H. Hills Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
County of Rockingham ss.
I, Albert H. Wright Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county certify that William H. Hills whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission is dated on the 21st day of May A. D. 1851, and will expire in five years from that date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit;
Given under my hand & the seal of the Court this 11th day of May A. D. 1855
Albert H. Wright

11/39 Benjamin Eastman
Private
8 Months Service Service proved by two witnesses who served with him.
Adm J.E.
$26.66
Maj George E. Hamilton N.H.

BRIEF in the case of Benjamin Eastman of Kingston in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge of Sup. Ct. 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes. 3. How old is he? 80 4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 (April) 8 private  Genl. Capt. McFarland  Lt. David Bradley  Ens. Jacob Quimby  Col. John Nason  Lt. Col. Thos. Nason  Adj. Holder   
5. In what battles was he engaged? 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Haverhill Mass 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by two witnesses of the same Company & Regiment. 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. M. Ward Examining Clerk.

Additional Evidence in Bounty Land claim No 136.264

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. May 1 st 1856.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Benjamin Eastman is borne on return of Capt. Moses McFarland's Comp. Col. John Nixon's Regt. of 8 mos men in 1778. Name borne on Coat Roll dated Camp, on Winter Hill, Dec. 20 th 1778. as private, from Hawke.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
F. D. [unintelligible] Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES.
Made by the widow
of the party who rendered the service.
State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham Town of Waislond
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Benjamin Eastman in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Kingston in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire
He enlisted from the Town of Kingston as I believe in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire in the year 1775 as a private in the Company commanded by Captain McFarland in Col. Spencer's Regiment and he served as follows, viz:— Saw Mill Bay ,
Eastman served eight months. I am not able to state many facts in relation to his service, but have frequently heard him say that his company was at the battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th of June 1775, and that he was prevented from being present only by sickness.
Anna X Eastman mother
Signed in presence of N. H. Hills Justice of the Peace
Here describe, as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c., of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

I am now Seventy four years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand, this twenty ninth day of April A. D. 18 56
Anna  by  X  Easton Anna
Signed by said Anna Easton in my presence.
M. F. Hilt
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Please return an answer to Plainfield New Hampshire

No 2197
Anna Eastman. Wid: of Benjamin N.H. Set to W.H. Wills. Aug: 31 st 1853.
Act. Feb: 3 rd 1853.

287 Ray WIDOW, &c.
March 11, 1911. To Fr. Mr. Genl. U. S. A. For Tombstone
File No.
Anna Eastman Wisconsin Benjamin Eastman Pioneer War
Act: March 13, 1893
Index: —Vol. A , Page 206
[Arrangement of 1870.]

24.914
160 acres
36.264 (Oct 1 March 2/55)
(May 16th /55)
Anna Eastman widow of Benjamin Eastman Private
Mass Troops Revolutionary War
Wid has been pensioned at 160 acres
May 10th /56
Original Bill Endorse
No 24.914c May 14/56
Anna Eastman Plantation off Hampshire

136.264
Free FREE
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

136264
Anna Eastman and Benjamin
Joseph
Free
FREE
Commission of Pensions
Washington
Additional evidence
D.C.

Providence, R.I. 14 th Sept. 1853.
Sir: Please Certify the time to which the within name of deceased was paid on the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
I have
For the deceased's heirs.
Benjamin Eastman, Act 7 th June 1832, $24.66 p. an. Died 6 th Feb. 1837 - Paid to his death.
J. B. Smith Director. "
Francis Root Esq. The Auditor, Mass.,

June 1853
App d . of Anna Eastman widow of Benjamin
N.H. 524
Act 3 d Feb y 1853 $26.66 Per An. Com - Feb. 3 d 1853, Rec d :
cc. N.H. 524
Plaistow
Rockingham Co
N.H.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL SUPPLIES

It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited to me, the undersigned, a justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Anna C. Clement and Joseph Hiles of Plainstown in said county, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that Anna Eastman is the widow of remaining unmarried of Benjamin Eastman, late of said Plainstown, who was New Hampshire's militia man in the war of the Revolution and that the said Benjamin Eastman died at said Plainstown on or about the sixth day of February A.D. 1836 or 1837 . And I further cer- tify that I have no interest in this claim. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth teenth day of April  May A.D. 1855
W. H. Hiles Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham We Amos C. Clement and Joseph Hills residents of Plainstown in said county having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Benjamin Eastman who was a Re- volutionary Pensioner of the United States, whose widow now applies for Bounty Land - that we knew him for more than two years before his death, which occurred at said Plainstown about eighteen or nineteen years ago, - that we know that he died at about that time because the said Amos C. Clement watched in the house one or two nights subsequent to his death & the said Joseph Hills was at the house on the day of his death that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she remains un- married, and that we are disinterested in her claim.
Amos C. Clement & Joseph Hills
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this tenth  eleventh day of April March, A.D. 1855.
M. H. Hills
Justice of the Peace

Brief in the case of Anna Eastman, Widow of Benjamin, Rockingham County and State of New Hampshire. act 3 rd Febry. 1853,
Claim. ("original," or increase )
Proof exhibited. (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
New Hampshire was a Persian, under the Act of June 1832,
Record evidence of marriage,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
W. H. Hill, Esq., Plaistow,
Name and residence of Agent Rockingham Co. N.H.
S. P. Bowne, Examining Clerk.

Woodstock June 21, 1852
Dear Sir,
Enclosed are papers in the case of Mrs. Maria Eastman for a Pension under the act of Sept. 6, 1853.
The certificate or any communication may be forwarded to her
Yours Truly
W. H. Hild
House No. 4 of Portland Washington - Fla.

Additional Papers in the case of Sterna Eastman

State of New Hampshire } County of Rockingham }
I hereby certify, in addition to my certificates appended to the testimony of Darc B. George, Eliza Kelly & Alfred Kelly, (witnesses whose evidence was filed with the application of Anna Eastman, widow of Benjamin Eastman, for a Revolutionary Pension under the act of February third 1833,) that the said Darc B. George, Eliza Kelly & Alfred Kelly are known to me and are credible persons.
The application of the said Anna Eastman is dated April 13, 1833, and is attended to in a letter from the Pension Office dated August 31, 1833.
W. H. Hills Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire, County of Rockingham. I, Joseph Hills, of Plainfield, in the State and county aforesaid, do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Anna Eastman of said Plainfield, widow of Benjamin Eastman, a Revolutionary Pensioner, (the said Anna being the applicant for a Pension under the act of February third 1833,) that her name previous to her marriage was Anna Kellogg.
Joseph Hills
State of New Hampshire, Rockingham ss. September 2, 1833.
Then the said Joseph Hills subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit before me, and I hereby certify that the said Joseph Hills is a credible and disinterested person.
W. H. Hills Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham
I, Albert H. Keogh, clerk of the court of common Pleas for said county, hereby certify that William H. Hill, Esq. is an acting justice of the Peace within and for said county of Rockingham, that his commission is dated on the twenty- first day of May A.D. 1852, and will expire in five years from that date, and that the signature annexed to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his are in his own hand writing and genuine.
Given under my hand and (the seal of said Court at) Dated this eighth day of September, 1853.
W. H. Keogh Clerk

State of New Hampshire ~ Rockingham ss I William B. Merrill Register of the Court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that at a court of Probate held at Exeter in and for said county, by the Hon. Ira St Clair Judge of said court, on the 18 th day of June A. D. 1853, it was proved to the satisfac- tion of said court, that Benjamin Eastman a Revolutionary Pensioner late of Plaistow in said county, died at said Plaistow on or about the 6 th day of February, A. D. 1837, and I further certify that said court of Probate is a court of record.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said court, at the Probate office in said Exeter, this 16 th day of June, A. D. 1853.
William B. Merrill Register

Copy of the record of marriage, Anna Kelly
& Benjamin Eastman

Extract from the record of the marriages of town of Plainstown in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire.
March twenty fifth eighteen hundred and thirty two Mr Benjamin Cartman to Miss Anna Kelly both of Plainstown
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the of marriages record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, March 25. 1832.
Merrill D. B. George Town Clerk Plainstown June 14. 1853.
I D. B. George above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Clerk in the County, town and State aforesaid. and that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me. D. B. George Clerk of the town of Plainstown
Rockingham ss. Plainstown June 14. 1853 Then the above named D. B. George made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true before me W. H. Hiles. Justice of the Peace

Affidavit of Eliza Kelly

- State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham
On this fourteenth day of June A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for said county, Eliza Kelly, a resident of Plaistow in said county who being duly sworn according to law says that she is well acquainted with Anna Eastman of said Plaistow but late of Kingston in said county, that the said Anna is the widow of Benjamin Eastman late of said Plaistow a Revolution- ary Pensioner and that the said Anna had remained a widow since the death of the said Benjamin.
Eliza Kelly
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written.
W H Hills Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham }
On this fourteenth day of June, A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty-three person- ally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace, within and for said county Alfred Kelly, who being duly sworn according to law says that he is well acquainted with Anna Eastman a resident of Said Pleasant last late a resident of Kingston in said county, that the said Anna is the widow of Benjamin Eastman late of said Pleasant deceased, and that she has remained a widow since the death of the said Benjamin, that the said Benjamin Eastman was a Revolutionary Pensioner Alfred Kelly
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written
M. H. Hills Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire. Rockingham ss.
I Albert H. Wright Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Pleas within and for said County hereby certify that William H. Wells, Esq., is an acting justice of the Peace within said County, that his Commission is dated the thirty first day of May A.D. 1852, and will expire in five years from that date; and that the signature purporting to be his to the annexed certificate is in his own proper hand writing and genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Exeter in said County this fifteenth day of June A.D. 1853 A. H. Wright. Clerk
Alfred Bell of Applicator